Harness-buckle.



J. F. SMIEJA.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1914.

1,141,842. Patented June 1, 1915.

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JOHN F. SMIEJA, or ROYALTON, MINNESOTA.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

' Application filed July 8, 1914. Serial No. 849,794.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. SMIEJA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Royalton, in the county of Morrison and State of Minnesota,have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object the provision of a buckle whichis susceptible of use in a variety of ways for connecting straps toadmit of ready adjustment as may be required without making it necessaryto manipulate latches, tongues, or like parts which at times and undercertain conditions make it practically impossible to secure the Vdesired adjustment.

The invention provides a buckle which may be used with cross lines whendriving a team or which may be employed in connection with harnessgenerally to admit of various adjustment of straps to meet the requirements arising when it becomes necessary to adjust the harness tomeet conditions out of the ordinary. V

The invention consists of the novel features, details of constructionand combina- 7 tion of parts, which hereinafter will be moreparticularly set forth, illustrated and claimed.

In the drawings hereto attached :Fig-

ures 1 and 2 are obverse and reverse plan views of a harness-buckleembodying the invention. Fig. 3 is an edge view showing the buckle usedfor connecting two straps. Fig. .4 is a longitudinal section showing thebuckle having one strap in position and formedinto a loop for engaging alinker other analogous part.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription, and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The buckle preferably comprises an in tegral frame which is light,strong, and compact. The buckle frame is' oblong and somewhat flat andits end portions are of similar construction. The buckle frame compriseslongitudinal members 1 and a plurality of cross bars connecting endportions of such longitudinal members. The cross bars 2 and 2* arelocated at opposite ends of the frame and upon opposite sides thereof.The

cross bars 3, l, and 5 are arranged upon the same side of the buckleframe as the cross bar 2, whereas the cross bars 3*, a, and 5 arelocated upon the opposite side of the buckle frame and at the oppositeend thereof and upon the same side as the cross bar 2 The strap orstraps to be attached to the buckle are passed between the longitudinalmembers 1 and back and forth between the cross bars, such flexing of thestrap or straps serving to retain them in the adjusted position.

Fig. 4 shows one manner of applying a single strap to the buckle, an endpart of such strap being passed between thelongitudinal members 1 andthe opposite cross bars at one end of such longitudinal members andbetween the opposite cross bars at the opposite end of the longitudinalmembers, such end portion of the strap being bent upon itself to form aloop 6 and being passed back'and forth over the cross bars 3, 4c, and 5with the loose end of the strap passing between the cross bars at theopposite end of the buckle. In the application shown in Fig. 3, the endportions of the two straps are passed back and forth between the crossbars 3, 4., and 5 and 3 4 and 5 thence through the opposite end portionofthe frame and between the cross bars at such end.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains, and while I have described theprinciple of operation of the invention, together with the device whichI now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A harnessbuckle comprising a pair of spaced members rectangular in cross sectionforming the sides of the buckle, four spaced cross bars secured to thelower edges of the said members, three of which being arranged in closerelation and in close proximity to In testimony whereof I affix mysignature one end of the buckle, and four spaced cross in presence oftwo Witnesses. 7

bars secured to the upper edges of said JOHN F. SMIEJA. members, threeof which being arranged in Witnesses: V 7 V 75 close relation and inclose proximity to the G. O .'SCHAEFER,

remaining end of the-buckle;- I 'A. BARTON.

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